In what is bound to be the best looking portrayal of Paradise
Lost, Benjamin Walkeris set to play Archangel Michael opposite Bradley Cooper’s devil.

I’m not out to bash an 18-year-old, but wealthy socialite Kevin Michael Barba made waves when Gawker said he was looking for a publicist to bring the out
teen on to the scene. Matt Rettenmundsat down to talk with him about what his goals are, but all
I got was that he wants to be a young gay role model, to show that you can be
out and be successful. But the part I don’t get is what he’s successful at –
being born well? Getting invited to charity events? He sounds sincere, yet I
just don’t get it.

In a bit of brilliant branding, Science Channel is tappingFringe‘s John Nobleto host a show about freakish science experiments that
didn’t happen on a sound stage.

I’m yet to try Turntable.fm. I understand it’s neat, but I
don’t really have the time to devote to another online social experience. But I
may have to make time to try out the fad, since it seems solid enough for Kanye West and Lady Gagato invest in the hot startup.

MTV has added a new category to the VMAs this year – Best Video With a Message. Competitors
this year are Pink‘s “Fu**ing
Perfect,” Lady Gaga’s
“Born This Way,” Katy Perry’s
“Firework,” Rihanna/Eminem’s
“Love the Way You Lie,” Rise
Against’s “Make It Stop” and Taylor
Swift’s “Mean.” Five out of six are gay/bullying anthems, so we
may have a shot.

A new $1 chip that fits in your wallet can test you for HIV in 15 minutes flat, and just as
accurately as a laboratory test. It has the potential to revolutionize testing
not only in Africa but even among the scared and timid here in the States.

The American Psychological Association (that’s the real one,
with the doctors) has come out unanimously in favor of marriage equality.

Phineas & Ferb is one of the truly creative cartoons (heck,
show of any kind) on television. They’ve also been great about guest stars,including Clay Aiken and Jane Lynch. So tonight they air their
first Disney Channel Original Movie, Phineas & Ferb Across the Second
Dimension. I can’t wait to see how the creators scaled it up to movie
form. I also had no idea that it took 13 years to go from concept to air.

As I shop for a new car, with a Subaru as a top choice and a
technology loaded Ford Focus Platinum as another, I’m disturbed that hackers have managed to open and start a Subaru Outback
with only their smartphones.

Has the new Superman
suit that Henry Cavill is sporting ditched the red underwear on the outside? And what does
that do for bulge control?

The CW will kick off their fall season with a special starringLady Gaga and Jean-Paul
Gaultier. I’ll be honest, the idea kind of scares me.

The Princeton Review has released their annual list of top
colleges, including which are the most GLBT friendly, and which are the least.
Unsurprisingly, NYU tops the list of the best places to be gay at college.

Brett Ratneris the unlikely producer for next year’s Oscar telecast.
Some of Ratner’s more recent work includes X-Men: The Last Stand, Skyline,
and Horrible
Bosses.

Cats are the reason we can’t achieve peace in Afghanistan, at least that’s what
I got from this story from the Washington Post.

At the Hollywood Foreign Press luncheon, Mark Wahlberg, seated with Leonardo
DiCaprio and Taylor Lautner
remarked ” I am sitting at a table with a gentleman who is better looking
than you and is in better shape than me. So, we’re both out of a job, dude.
Taylor Lautner! We’re screwed. It’s over, dude. Titanic and Boogie
Nights were a long time ago. I accept it. I had a good run and on to
the next.”